Amélie Oudéa-Castéra the only candidate in the running for the presidency of the French National Olympic and Sports Committee after the withdrawal of her opponent

Faced with what he sees as a "manifest inequity" between their two candidacies, Amélie Oudéa-Castéra 's opponent has thrown in the towel. In a message posted this Saturday, June 7 at 5 a.m. on his LinkedIn, the president of the French Baseball Softball Federation, Didier Séminet, announced his withdrawal from the race for the presidency of the French National Olympic and Sports Committee (CNOSF). "Given the conditions deemed legal created by the candidacy of the woman who was Minister of Sports a few months ago, I have taken the decision, with regret but with a spirit of responsibility and loyalty to the values ​​of the sports movement, to withdraw my candidacy," he added.

Didier Séminet was originally due to face the president of the triathlon federation, Cédric Gosse, but the late arrival of the former tennis player and senior civil servant changed the game, with the latter supporting his candidacy.

The president of the French Baseball Softball Federation and his supporters have since been trying to argue that the dice were somewhat loaded, given that Amélie Oudéa-Castéra was Minister of Sports just seven months ago.

The latter had replied that the High Authority for Transparency in Public Life (HATVP) had indeed "authorized it to move forward with its candidacy project" and that the CNOSF ethics committee had validated it " without reservation . " "In the process," explains L'Equipe , " AOC had prepared a platform of support [for its candidacy] signed by 60 federations, including 25 Olympic federations, which it was ready to publish in the next few hours."

On Thursday, the honorary president of the CNOSF, Denis Masseglia , had sent a letter to the members of the general assembly of the body, saying according to France Info that he was "surprised" to see Amélie Oudéa-Castéra "soliciting the votes of the Federations with which she had relations from requester to decision-maker during her mandate as Minister of Sports, and what is more of the Olympic and Paralympic Games", criticizing "the case of certain [federations] where she was directly involved in the change of governance" and raising with the Team "possible conflicts of interest" .

The game is therefore won in advance for Amélie Oudéa-Castéra, who finds herself the only one in the running to succeed David Lappartient on June 19. Too easy.